Storage battery



P. B. HABE. .STORAGE BATTERY.

I APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, l9l9.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

sri-aras Parnu onrion PCL lltrllil, F CHQGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 O. K. GEANT BATTERY CO., OF GARY,

1 INDIANA; CORPORATON Oli DELWARE.

STEGE BATTERY.

is-, Specification f Lettrs Paf-@nt Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

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To @ZZ 'wiwm t may concern; closure 11 of electricity-conducting material, Be it lrnown that I, AUL E. HABE, a citiretained in position in any suitable manner. zen oi theUnited States, residing at Chi- The end closure 11 is provided on its inner cago, the county ot Cook and State oi surface with hollow centralvboss 12into lllf -ois., have invented a certain new and which is fitted the lower end of a rod 13 6r) u l, improvement in' Storage Batteries, conveniently provided with an annular (Case 2), of whichy the following is a full, shoulder la resting on the top of the boss clear, concise, and enact description, reter- 12. The rod 13 is formed oie any non-conence being had to the accompanyimgl drawducting material, such, for instance, as hard le ings, forming a part ot' this specification. rubber, which will' not be chemically at- 65 invention relates to storage batteries, tacked by the substances within the cell. and is particalarly applicable, though not The upper end or' the rod 13 extends through necessarily limited, to storage battery cell an aperture in the top of the receptacle '10,

of small size capable ot being used in c0nand inasmuch as the top of the receptacle 15 nection with portable battery-operated deconveniently carries a terminal contact l5, 70 vices ot various kinds. the rod 13 likewise extends through an aper- Among its objects my invention conternture in said terminal contact.

"plates: Mounted upon the rod 13 is a plurality First: An extremely compact storage batof concentrically disposed positive and neg,L

2o tery cell, the several parts of which are caative grids indicated respectively at 16, 16 75 pable of being` readily assembled; and 17, 1'?. Each of the grids comprises a Second: A storage battery cell wherein substantially disk-shaped grid plate comthe several grids and grid spacersl are prising a hub 17, outer ring 18, and an mounted 'on a single support whereby the intervening cellular grid-paste receiving same may as a unit be inserted in the cell A structure 19, all formed of one piece from go receptacle and be removed therefrom for any suitable grid plate material, such, tor purposes of inspection, substitution and reinstance, as an alloy oi lead and antimony. pair; The particular construction of the cellu- Tiiird: An improved arrangement afford largrid-paste receiving structure is not of 3o ine" communication between the interior-ot articular im ortance. The' rinci al ress the cell and the atmosphere; quirenient is that said cellular structure Fourth: A battery cell comprising a novel shall be adapted to contain a su'cient quantorni or Grid and a novel form of O'rid tit of an 7 Well-known ne ative or ositive e s y 5 1 spacer. grid-paste material, "as the case may be, and

@their objects or the invention will approperly expose the same to the electrolyte. 90

pear this description progresses. intervening between the positive and nega :in the accompanying. drawings illustrattive grids are the spacers 20, 20, each of ing' nay invention, which is in the form of a disk cut from 'cor.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a rugated wood or other suitable material, cell embodying the improvements oif'rny inand provided with a central aperture 21 to 95 vention; s receive the rod 13. A rigid disk 22 of Fig'. 2 isla fragmentary sectional view on wood, hard rubber, or other suitable n1aa larger scale, illustrating two or" the grids, terial, is interposed between the shoulder 14 a grid spacer, andthe hollow rod whereon of the rod 13 andthe lowermost one of the- .L

rey c e mounted; spacers 20, properly' to support the latter on 100 Fig. 3 a plan view oi one ot the grids; rod i3. -interposed between the uppermost and one the grids l? and the receptacle is a d is ay plan view of one oi" the grid collar 23 of insulating material, which spacers. serves to hold the grids and grid spacers in 5G nSimilar characters oit reference .refer to the rposition shown when the several partslo4 similar parts throughout. are assembled, as illustrated in thedr'aw- Referring iirst-to l, the cell there ings. The several positive grids 16,16 are "hewn comprises the'casing or receptacle 10, connected bya jumper 24 of lead or lead wi ich is preierably ot" non-conducting maalloy, which is' preferably burned to the a5 terial, and is provided with a separate end peripher'cs of said positive grids, and, 110' without contacting with the grids ef epposite polarity, is led through an aperture in the receptacle to the terminal Contact l5. The negative grids 17, 17 are connected by a similar jumper 25, which leads to the electricity conducting end closure 11, which constltutes the negative terminal of the cell. Contained within the receptacle is any suitalole liquid or non-liquid storage battery electrolyte 27. In the drawing I have illustrated what may be considered any suitable known i'orm of non-liquid electrolyte.

It will be noted that the rod 13 is hollow, and is provided with a plurality of apertures 28, 28 which afford communication ,between the cell interior and the inside of the hollow rod. It well known that commercial forms of non-liquid electrolyte are most effective when slightly moist, and I have found that by providing the construction shown'the electrolyte is enabled to absorb sufficient moisture from the atmosphere to keep it in good condition.

It will be noted 'that the storage cell construction herein shown and described is very compact, and that the several grids and gridl spacers are mounted on rod 13, and thus with the rod 13 constitute a unit which may be inserted in and removed from the cell receptacle as a whole.

Having thus described my invention, what claim' as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A storage cell comprising in combination with a receptacle comprising end closures, one of which is separate from the rest of the receptacle, a hollow central boss on the inner face of the last-mentioned end closure, a rod of non-conducting material having one end fitted in said boss and the other end bearing in the opposite end closure, a plurality of positive and negative grid plates ccncentrica ly mounted on said rod, spacers en said rod between said grid aeeeeee plates, a jumper connecting the several positive plates, a jumper connecting the several negative plates, and an electrolyte in said receptacle.

2. fr storage battery cell comprising a cylindrical (j receptacle of insulating material, an end closure of conducting material for said receptacle, a rod within said receptacle centrally disposed therein and supported by the receptacle end closures, a plu-v rality of positive and negative grid plates mounted on said rod, a plurality of grid spacers, also mounted on said rod, an electrolyte in said receptacle, and umpers electrically connecting grids of the saine polarity, one of said, jumpers being connected with said electricity-comincting end closure.

3. A storage cell con'iprising in combinationwith a suitable receptacle, an electrolyte therein, a hollow rod supported in said receptacle and havingr its interior open to the atmosphere, a plurality of grid plates supported by said rod, and apertures in said rod affording communication between the rod interior and the electrolyte.

4. A storage cell comprising in combination with a cylindrical receptacle, a nenliquid electrolyte in said receptacle, a central and verticallyv disposed rod of insulating material supported in said receptacle., said rod being heliiov and having one end exposed to the atmosphere, apertures in said red affording communication between the electrolyte and the atmosphere, a plurality of positive and negative grid plates supported by said rod, mean spacing said grid plates, and jumpers et iecting grid plates of the saine polarityn y ln witness whereof, l hereunto subscribe my name this 22 day et April., 1919.

AL B.

lJl/itnesses:

ift/iam Tan Farina, Enna V, Q'US'rArsoN. 

